Timeline January 1737

Events in January 1737 3

• 1657 – 1737 William Wake (1657-1737) Died 24 January 1737, aged 79 William Wake was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1716 until his death and a noted church historian. He corresponded with Gallican clergy in France about possible union between the Anglican and French churches.
• 1657 – 1737 William Wake (1657-1737) Died 24 January 1737, aged 79 William Wake was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1716 until his death and a noted church historian. He corresponded with Gallican clergy in France about possible union between the Anglican and French churches.
• 1737 – 1809 Thomas Paine (1737-1809) Died 8 June 1809, aged 72 English-American writer and revolutionary whose pamphlets 'Common Sense' and 'The Rights of Man' helped shape the American and French Revolutions. He died in New York in relative obscurity after his later work 'The Age of Reason' alienated many former admirers.